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GARPENTBRS PLANE.

No. 406,605. Patented July 9, 1889.

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REINHARD T. TORKELSON, OF IVORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO IVER JOHNSCN, OF SAME PLACE.

CARPENTERS PLANE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,605, dated July 9, 1889. Application filed November 23, 1888. Serial No. 291,675. (No model.)

To all', whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, REINHARD T. TORKEL- SON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of Vorc'ester, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpenters Planes; and I do hereby declare that the following s a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a side view, partly in section, ofa bench-plane embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan of the lower part of the cutter with my improved cap secured thereon, as hereinafter more fully described. Figs. 3 and 4 are transverse `sections through said cutter and cap, taken on lines a and h in Fig. 2, respectively, looking in the direction of the arrow in said ligure. Fig. 5 is a central longitudinal section through the cutter` and cap, taken on line c, Fig. 2; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the detachable angle-plate employed for adjustably fastenng the cap to the cutter, as hereinafter speci- To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to better understand the nature and purpose thereof, I will now proceed to describe it morein detail.

My said invention relates to improvementsV upon the carpenters plane patented by O. R. Chaplin in the United States under date of May 7, 1872,No.126,519; and it consists of improvements in the construction of the cutter and cap, as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, the part A represents the plane-stock; B, its handle; C, its knob `for holding the front end of the plane; D, the cutter; E, the cap; F, the supporting-saddle, fastened at its lower end to the boss G, projecting up and back from the bottom of the stock.

H is the clamp, having the lugs (l upon each side adapted to catch under the sides of the saddle.

I is the thumb-screw for operating said clamp.

J is a screw-cam fitted to turn on the stationary pin e.

K is a half-nut projecting down from the upper end of the saddle and engaging with said screw-cam, and L is a lever for operating through the screw-cam and half-nut the sad dle and cutter longitudinally.

Any further description of the old parts of the plane may be obtained, if desired, by reference to the patent previously alluded to.

My improvements in the cutter and cap are as follows: Instead of fastening the cap E to the clamp H, as in said Chaplin patent, it is in this instance fastened to the cutter D by forming a transverse opening f in said cutter to receive a transverse angle-plate M, which is passed up through the cutter from the under side, so as to form a holding-loop above the cutter. Through said loop is passed the longitudinal tongue or blade g, formed on the cap E, whereby said cap is held in position. The tongue or blade is made curving or bowshaped lengthwise, so as to produce a constant pressure upward against the holding angleplate when it is slipped under the same, and the cap is also provided with two ilanges h 71, one at each side of the tongue or blade, curved downward, and bearing at their ends upon the top surface of the cutter, the purpose of the latter being to hold the edge j of the cap elevated above the cutter to prevent injury to the cutting-edge of said cutter in the operation of placing the cap in position thereon. Although said flanges h 71, are preferable for the above purpose, I do not limit myself thereto, as the same result may be obtained by forming the cap so as to bear upon the cutter in a similar manner at anysuitable point between the sides or edges thereof, said modification consisting simply in changing the positions of said bearing-points. The same will be readily understood without special illustration in the drawings. The angle-plate is held in position in the cutter against the upward pressure produced by the spring tongue or blade g by means of ears or projections 7c 7c, formed upon each end thereof, adapted to bear upon and hold against the under side of the cutter. Said ears are preferably recessed into said cutter, as is shown in Fig. 4, so as to bring the bottoms of said plate and cutter llush with each other. It is also preferable to make the IOO edges of the ears slightly beveled or inclined and the ends of the opening in the cutter correspondingly beveled, as is indicated at l Z in Figs. 4 and 6, for the purpose of holding the angle-plate in the cutter after having been sprung into position therein when the cap is not fitted thereto. In practice only a slight bevel is required to effect the desired result. Consequently the plate may be easily sprung into position, as aforesaid. As so slight a bevel would not be perceptible in illustrating the same, I have shown quite a sharp bevel in the drawings, and considerably greater than would be employed in practice.

In fitting the cap to the cutter the angleplate is first passed up through the opening inv said cutter and forced into position, after which said cap is placed on the cutter and its spring tongue or blade g slipped up through the loop formed by the angle-plate projecting above the surface of the cutter. The cap is then adjusted accurately, as required, to govern the thickness of the shaving to be out, when the cutter, with the cap thus adjusted and secured thereon, is placed in the plane and clamped in position, as in the Chaplin and other planes, by means of the clamp H and its thumb-screw.

Although my invention is more particularly designed to be used in the'manufacture of planes whose stock is made of metal, it is equally applicable to other kinds of planes. By thus securing the cap to the cutter, as

hereinbefore described, it will at once be' manifest to those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains that said cap, beingY susceptible of adjustment to the cutter before fitting said cutter in position, renders said operation more easy to perform, and also admits of a more accurate adjustment than when said adjustment is made after the cutter has been placed in'position. A construction whereby said result may be accomplished is the main purpose of this invention.

If desired, a holding-loop may be formed upon or secured to the cutter to take the place of the detachable angle-plate M. The construction described, however, is preferable.

What I claim as new, and desire to secu re by Letters Patent, is-

l. A combined cutter and cap for carpenters planes, comprising, in. combination, the cutter having a suitable transverse holdingloop above its top surface and the cap having a longitudinal spring tongue or blade adapted to bepassed through said loop to hold the cap in position during and after adjust-V ment upon the cutter preparatory to the ap- -for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the cutter D with the detachable angle-plate M, fitted transversely in a suitable opening therein, and the cap E, having the supporting side flanges h 7L and the longitudinal spring tongue or blade g, the latter adapted to be passed through the loop formed by said angle-plate when fitted in position in the cutter, substantially as and for the purpose vset forth.

4. In a bench-plane, the combination, with the cutter D, having a transverse opening with beveled sides, of the detachable angleplate M, having flanges withl the edges thereof beveled to correspond with the sides of the opening in theJ cutter, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a bench-plane, the combination, with the cutter D, having a transverse opening with beveled sides, of the detachable angleplate M, having flanges with the edges thereof beveled Vto correspond with thesides of the opening in the cutter and the tongue or blade of cap E, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination of the stock, saddle, and clamp device of a bench-plane with the cutter D, provided with a transverse loop above its top surface, and the cap E, having the supporting-flanges h 71. and the tongue or blade g, the latter adapted to be passed through said loop to hold the cap upon the cutter during and after adjustment preparatory to the application thereof to the plane, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

REINHARD T. TORKELSON.

Vitnesses:

A. A. BARKER, W. B. NoURsE.

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